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Somebody needs to start thinking about the little guys...

The most recent trademarks got me thinking about just how many "little people" really deserve to get made into action figures before MOTUC end. Some have assumed we are going to get them via pack in like Orko & Cringer, while others have posted that they want multi-packs. Everyone is afraid of rising costs. Added pack in will probably drive the price up even more! Many characters are already fighting over monthly slots, and we already have a wide variety of quarterly items. I fear for how these little guys fit in the current strategy. I propose another sub-line. I know, I know "More you say" but hear me out. "MOTUC companion collection: Three Inch scaled, minimally articulated figures line" They would be cheaper to produced thus cheaper to buy. Half the size would mean half the price right? If packed individually this could be multiple years worth of subscriptions! But fear not for your wallet (or for display room HA!) because I'm thinking of this as a line extension in 2016 rather then a sub addition in 2014 or even 2015.

Gwildor

Rotar

Twistoid

Kowl [reuse potential; Cartoon colors, Kowla & Red Eye]

Loo Kee

Imp

Madam Razz & Broom

Sprag

Sprint

Spritina

Sprocker

Squinch

Cando

Laura

Skeletor's Robot Knights

Dree Elle

Montork

Odiphus (Kowl retool!)

Marzo Twigget body

Gorpo [Concept, sub exclusive]

Oracle [Old Man Orko, MYP]

Alcon

Gepple

Krek

Meldoc

That's mostly series regulars and popular reoccurring characters. I don't even want to think of all the fan demanded characters I'm leaving out ... You know like Starchild and Tullamore I'm sure some fan will demand them In all honesty what do you think? Am I way off my rocker? Who do you want and how much are you willing to pay for them?

'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments" (Matthew 22:36-40).

Uncle Montork and Dree-Elle got a trademark recently, so they MIGHT make it into MOTUC (but JUST because they're a cheap reuse of Orko's buck)...

The other ones will cost much more, tooling-wise. SO I don't think we'll see them so soon. Maybe just one or two characters from that list, but not more than that.

Gwildor, Rotar, Twistoid, Kowl, Loo Kee, Imp and Madam Razz & Broom are must haves, IMO. The other ones are pretty forgettable, I think. But the question is : with the end of the line looming, will they ever be released in MOTUC !?

I've been arguing for Montork and Dree Elle since before I even had an Orko. I'd also love Imp, Kowl, Lookee, the Treeperchaun, The main Twiggets, NA Skeletor's awful "pet", the NA robot helpers, etc.

I'd be up for a sub of these if it meant we got them, but I don't feel like there'd be enough support since they're just about all light-hearted and filmationy, and there are plenty of MOTUC collectors who are apparently without joy and cannot accept elements of MOTU history that are designed to make you smile (unless that smile is of grim pleasure). At least the full-sized Filmation sub can have "serious" characters that non-Filmation fans can at least excuse as being serious.

I also don't think the Power Zoids would fit into this category at all, since their torsos should probably be around Ram-Man sized I'd imagine.

I don't think Gwildor should be grouped with the rest of these guys because he had regular-size, albeit shorter, figure in the vintage line. I still hope to get a standard MOTUC figure of him.

I support the separate sub idea for the rest of the characters you list because it lets those who want them get them while at the same time allowing those of us that are not interested in them to skip them.

"I reject your Prince Adam and replace him with the original barbarian from the jungle."

Maybe the problem is that Mattel, Scott and so forth just don’t know the best way to release them. All together in one pack, or with individual figures? Either way, these are the ones that I think must be released before the Classics line goes to bed:

I'd be really surprised if we didn't see at least Dree Elle and Montorq; re-using the Orko body with a few extra parts/modifications has got to appeal to Mattel. I could see a problem with the Twiggets or the Widgets, except that there may be some actual re-use for those characters as far as base bodies. I can see Sprocker and Laura using a pudgy base body with outer pieces to make the gender differences apparent. It really would be a shame to finally have the Filmation license available and not get such recurring characters, to say nothing of major characters like Razz and Broom.

"I will use this power for all the good that can be done, to work for peace, to encourage virtue, and above all, to preserve life in all its forms..." Superman

i prob only be interested in the Marzo...all the other stuff would be a NO for me unless it was in the sub...
either way i dont think id pay very much... they should just toss one in w each figure or something so we dont get hit too bad $$ wise...

Just when you thought it was safe to take a pee.....- Hard Ticket To Hawaii -

I would LOVE to see Grr from new adventures! Skeletor's faithful companion and another minion to add to the ranks.

We need to let our new friends at Super 7 know that many of us are ALL IN COLLECTORS. We don't want products that are impossible for the average collector to have access to! If there is a He-man product, I want to buy it. Please no chases or con-only exclusives.